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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1995
Kouji Tsukada, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hidekazu Nishigaki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yasuaki Ikeda, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shigeru Sakuma, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shin-ichi Ishiyama, Aichi-ken, JP;
Fumio Matsuoka, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshihisa Kanno, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shigeki Hayashi, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A bending strain measurement apparatus for an abdomen of an anthropomorphic dummy comprises a band constituted of an elastic thin plate member. The band is arranged in a longitudinal direction of the abdomen, has one end thereof fixed in the vicinity of the abdomen of the dummy, and a plurality of gauges are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the band for detecting a bending strain of the abdomen when an obstacle collides with the abdomen. A measuring device measures time history of the bending strain based on bending strain of the respective portions of the band detected by the gauges arranged on the band, as a time transition of the bending strain of respective portions of the band.